How the spectacle of politics is running the day
Photo by Mike Mozart of JeepersMedia Has politics lost all sense of reality, creating a spectacle at the expense of public voices? On Sunday whilst walking through Hyde Park I…
UKIP on the Thames estuary. A worrying trend.
Riverside Grays. Image: Andy Howell I'm the Green prospective parliamentary candidate for Mid Sussex 2015; I wasn’t born here though. Life began for me in Thurrock, Essex, in the same…
Greens: It’s time to hunker down
Source: This week, the Green parties of the UK will likely pass 70,000 members. That’s no mean feat. But it will mean little if those people don’t kick into gear…
Party consumerism: what it is and how we defeat it
Speakers on May Day 2012 in Trafalgar Square, London. Image: Jaggers, Flickr. The rise of consumerism over the past century shows the overwhelming power of capital. Not content with determining…
Confirmed: Green Party’s manifesto ‘For the Common Good’ to be launched on Tuesday
You may remember Bright Green reporting rumours last week that the Green Party's fully-costed manifesto was rumoured to be launching this Well, we've just seen this (it went out this morning…
Scottish Young Greens release Youth Manifesto
Scottish Young Greens launch their Youth Manifesto at their AGM today in Glasgow. Photo: Scottish Young Greens. Today, the Scottish Young Greens released their first ever Youth Manifesto at…
The Greens have a better chance of being in power than the Tories…
One thing has been clear over the past couple of weeks - the polls have shifted in Labour's favour. Miliband's ratings are going up after the leader's debate and pledges…
EXCLUSIVE: Green manifesto could be released next Tuesday, with austerity as ‘red line’
Caroline Lucas with the party's manifesto in 2010 The Green Party manifesto has now been approved by the Green Party Regional Council (GPRC), and is currently in the process of…
Ofcom rejects the Greens… and the PM steps in
Credit: World Economic Forum. So today has been a busy day for the Green Party, even if they've technically had nothing to do. Or rather, it's because they're being told…